Many of you are familiar with the “Rule of Three.” That rule states that a normal human can only reasonably survive for 3 days without water. As a person closes in on that 3rd day without water their physical, mental and emotional capabilities quickly go into the tank. The human body uses water to function every day. All of our internal organs need water to support life, to take care of the specific purpose for each organ. Our blood is…..
When society does collapse, and you are plunged into a life survival situation, many of you, my wife and I included, will face the prospect of not having any maintenance medications, let alone medications to treat simple issues such as Montezuma’s revenge, fever, sniffles, aches and pains. What options will we have when the medical establishment, and its failure, make it impossible to secure what we need to treat or maintain our health? PRINCIPLES OF SURVIVAL: First, if at all…..
Chances are when a natural or man-made disaster hits the medical establishment will be overwhelmed, or unable to function. You may find yourself miles from any medical facility. If you find yourself in need of medical aid at such a time there is a high likelihood that you will have to depend on yourself to deal with any major or minor injuries. The great majority of people will not be prepared to deal with minor injuries let alone major life…..
Once you have started on your survival journey you will face threats from other creatures along with humans. Non-human critter threats will be different depending on the environment you find yourself in. Different creatures will pose threats to you in the desert, in the mountains, in a forest, on water, in an urban environment. You need to know the primary threats in each area, how to avoid them, and how to deal with them should you confront any. Remember you…..
Spend a few minutes on line searching survival sites, walk through one of the large retail outdoor stores, or read survival literature and you will find thousands of pieces of survival kit that that are recommended to have in your kit. When push comes to shove however, only one piece of kit stands out above all the rest in its potential survival role for you. It is the one piece of kit, the one tool, that you need to secure,…..
Your survival situation may appear in a desert, on water, on the seashore, in the mountains, in a forest, or in the middle of an urban environment.. It could happen without any warning, a car or plane crash, getting lost while on a nature hike, trapped in a blizzard, blown away in a tornado, facing a mugger, etc. Something happens, unplanned and unforeseen. You find yourself facing an unknown future with little if any resources to survive. You might find…..
In the first minutes and hours of a natural or man-made survival situation the one thing that will defeat you faster than anything else is FEAR. Fear of the unknown, fear for your safety, fear of others, fear of not knowing what tomorrow holds for you and your loved ones. FEAR, whether founded on fact or in your own minds creation, will bring you down faster than any thing else. FEAR is debilitating. It will stop you from taking actions…..
Whether you are experiencing a man-made or natural threat to your safety there are a pack of dangers lurking outside your front door that you could possibly face in either scenario. Over the weeks ahead I will be looking at the principles of survival that you can apply to either situation. But first makes sense to identify a general list of sources of the dangers, risks and threats that you will face. Each of the following, in a somewhat arbitrary…..
Been a busy 10 days dealing with impact of Hurricane Harvey here in the Houston area. Will be months until things stabilize in a new normal. Desperation is one of the first characteristics experienced in either a natural or man-made disaster, survival scenario. Instantly, or at best in a few hours, ones normal life ceases to exist and one has to revert to some basic survival strategies. This is true in both urban and non-urban environments. First, within an urban…..
We live our lives attempting to control everything around us. We react to events as if we have within ourselves the ability to determine what the end result will be of whatever is going on around us. If and when we find ourselves in a survival situation the reality that we don’t really control much of anything that goes on around us hits us between the eyes. How we deal with stress, the unknown, the actions of others, the impact…..